Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so th…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Every satisfaction he attains lays the seeds of some new desire, so that there is no end to the wishes of each individual will. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). Studies in Pessimism: Top of Schopenhauer, p.14, 谷月社
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